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Zingerman’s BAKE! is celebrating 10 years of teaching the community to create baked goods to share with family and friends.

Zingerman’s BAKE! Celebrates 10 Years

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ne of many successful
number of special events and gifts as well
innovations from
as special guest instructors that
the Zingerman’s
will join the team from across the
“Community of Businesses” is
country. Dorie Greenspan, a New
BAKE! — a hands-on teach-
York Times bestseller and six-
ing bakery located between the
time James Beard award-winning
Zingerman’s Bakehouse and
author, will present demonstra-
Zingerman’s Creamery on Ann
tions Aug. 4-5 — tickets sold out
Arbor’s south side. BAKE! is cel-
in less than two hours.
ebrating its 10th anniversary this
An “open-mic night” is also
Ryan
year, and over that time has come
planned for a number of long-
Fishman
to be nationally renowned for its
term BAKE! students who will
educational model that shares the
pay their learning forward and
expertise of Zingerman’s team with a large share their recipes and expertise with
community of home bakers.
newer students. Their dedication to the
From humble beginnings with just two
success of the program is likely what has
full-time instructors teaching 10 courses,
industry leaders like Rachael Ray giving
BAKE! has grown to four instructors,
BAKE! her seal of approval, calling the
two assistants, two fully equipped baking
program one of “the best, most affordable
classrooms and some 40 sessions each
ones out there.” Midwest Living called it a
month, consisting of a total of 80 classes.
“chocolate-dipped, cream-filled opportu-
Since its inception, teaching people
nity to learn from the best.”
how to bake and spreading an interest in
For more information on their anni-
baking has been central to the mission
versary celebration and all things BAKE!,
at Zingerman’s Bakehouse. BAKE! allows
visit www.bakewithzing.com/10years.
the team to do just that, committing time
COOL JACKS OPENS
to encourage home bakers to make food
IN SYLVAN LAKE
from real ingredients to be shared with
family and friends as a healthy expression If you love Cool Jacks homemade and
handcrafted ice cream sandwiches, you’re
of community.
in luck. The treat that started with an ice
The month of August will be devoted
cream truck concept conceived by hus-
to celebrating the big anniversary, with a

band-and-wife team Josh and Jill Charlip
and made its way into local grocery stores
last year has crawled out of the freezer
section and landed in Sylvan Lake.
A free-standing Cool Jacks brick-and-
mortar location is now open, just in time
for summer (2530 Orchard Lake Road).
The store is open daily at 11 a.m. with
extended hours on Fridays and Saturdays.
You can also drop in to the Bagel
Factory in Southfield for the retail Cool
Jacks experience (24551 W. 12 Mile
Road).

MAZEL TOV!
Happy birthday to Sissy Yellen, Ricki
Rogow, Vicki Barnett, Brittany Turner,
Ethan Weisman, Sheldon Kay, Shawn
Silver, Hal Ostrow, Craig Fahle and to a
woman who deserves a lot of praise and
a special day, mostly because she has to
deal with me — my mom, Ann Fishman.
Happy birthday, Mom! I love you.

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SAVE THE DATES
Mark your calendar for a few can’t-miss
events coming up in the next few
months …
• ORT Rub-A-Dub — Wednesday, Aug.
17, 5:30 p.m. at Franklin Hills Country
Club in Farmington Hills.
• National Council of Jewish Women’s
Annual Women of Vision Event honor-
ing Alicia Stillman and Ellie Slovis and
featuring guest speaker Jenna Bush Hager
— Thursday, Sept. 8, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.
• Yad Ezra’s Annual Dinner honor-
ing Rachel and Jason Zimmerman —
Wednesday, Sept. 28, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills.

Get one of these treats at the new Cool
Jacks in Sylvan Lake.

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